Thursday, February 17. 2000
The University Daily Kansan
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'Hawks stop Iowa State's three-pointers
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game with nine three-pointers, most of those coming late when the game was out of reach.
"They do a great job of spotting up on the perimeter and we really had to rotate and cover out," Washington said. "Obviously, the few times we didn't get it done they were able to knock it down."
To prevent the Jayhawks' offense from stalling in the vortex of crowd noise, Kansas' coaching staff used placards and hand signals to call plays from the sideline.
Reves said that last year coach Lynette Woodard advised the team to imagine that the crowd was screaming for them, not against
them
Reves wasn't the only player who heeded it.
Raymant got some early looks off screens and knocked in three three-pointers on her way to 20 points. She finished 4-of-7 from behind the arc, but got most of her points from baseline jumpers after Iowa State's defense clamped down.
Washington hoped that this game will help her team in their final regular season and league tournament games. Kansas plays Kansas State next on Saturday afternoon at Allen Fieldhouse.
Kansas leaves Iowa State stumped
"I'm very proud of my team to come in this environment and never lose their composition," she said.
AMES, Iowa — In 26 games, No. 10 Iowa State had not lost on its home turf. But last night, Kansas busted down the door and left the Cyclones to pick up the pieces.
By Melinda Weaver sports@kansan.com Kansan writeswriter
Despite an excited crowd of 9,370,11th largest in school history, Iowa State, 18-5 overall, 9-3 in the Big 12 Conference, could not rally behind the noise and lost 79-71.
"It is hard for teams to come in here and play," said senior guard Stacy Frese. "It is a mental thing, and now teams know it can be done."
The Cyclones recorded their second-best shooting percentage of the season, shooting 55.8 percent from the field, but they also shot a season-low 43 field goal attempts and simply came up short.
"We played hard tonight, but it wasn't enough," said Iowa State coach Bill Fennell. "They outplayed us tonight, and they deserved to win the game."
A major tactor in Iowa State's loss was the performance of top three-point shooter Frese, who scored only nine points on one-of-seven shooting from the field and one-of-five shooting from three-point range.
Kansas focused much of its aggressive defensive strategy on stopping the threepoint shot, which in large part meant stopping Frese.
"We had one thing in mind to do with Frese," said Kansas coach Marian
Washington. "We had to cover her up and make sure we were in position to help on defense when one player was having trouble. When you have such great players, it is not easy for a one-on-one situation."
Iowa State's largest offensive contributor was senior forward Desiree Francis, who scored 18 points, and the Cyclones also got valuable points from guard Lindsey Wilson off the bench.
The most valuable of Wilson's season-high 13 points came in the form of back-to-back three-pointers with 6:57 and 6:17 remaining in the game. Her second bucket pulled the Cyclones to within six, but missed shots and turnovers kept Kansas in the lead.
"If there were any disbelievers, they came back at that point," Wilson said. "We thought we could fight back."
Fennelly said the turning point in the game, in his mind, came early in the second half. Iowa State had pulled closer at the end of the half but was unable to score its first bucket until five minutes into the half. With 12:51 remaining in the game, the Cyclones found themselves down by 17 points.
Iowa State never led the game.
"We didn't handle their pressure; we didn't adjust." Frese said. "They are so physical and push you away from the basket. And then you are trying to take your shots from 30 feet away, and those are hard shots to make."
But it was not just the defense that stumped Iowa State.
"Their offense was really efficient, and they
spread the ball around pretty well." Fennelly said. "Suzi always plays well against us, and Brooke didn't score a point against us last time, and she had 24 tonight. Offensively, this is the best I have seen them play. We gave up more transition baskets than we ever have. We didn't have time to transition because we were going one way, and they'd steal the ball and be going the other way."
KANSAS 79,
NO.10 IOWA STATE 71
KANSAS (18-6)
Reves 12-20 0-24, Pride 7-15 3-17, Johnson 1-4 0-2 0, Raymant 7-12 2-2 0, Jackson 3-11 6-6, 13, Scott 1-0 0-0, 0-0 0-0 0, Geoffray 1-1 0-0 2, Fletcher 0-1 1-1 4, Totals 31-65 12-15 79
IOWA ST. (18-5)
Francis 7-9 2-3 18, Tayler 2-7 3-6 8, Welle 2-4 1-2
1, Freese 1-7 6-1 6, Gahan 5-7 0-1 12, Wilson 4-6 1-2 12, Cipinyte 1-1 1-2 3, Haugen 2-2 0-0 4,
Huelman 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 24-43 14-22 71
'Utility man' London adds variety to 'Hawks
Halftime—Kansas 39, Iowa St. 31, 3-Point goals—Kansas 5-13 (Raymant 4-7, Jackson 1-4, Pride 0-2), Iowa St. 9-21 (Wilson 3-3, Jackson 2-3, Gahan 2-4, Frese 1-5, Taylor 1-6). Fouled out—Pride. Rebounds—Kansas 34 (Reves, Pride, Jackson 7), Iowa St. 26 (Francis 9). Assists—Kansas 19 (Reves 5), Iowa St. 15 (Freese 6). Total fouls—Kansas 23, Iowa St. 22. A —9,370
By Matt Tait
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
In the little more than one year and a half that Marlon London has played basketball at Kansas, one thing is for certain — no one has mistaken him for a scorer.
Marlon London guards Kantrail Horton along Iowa State's perimeter. London's versatility adds another element to the Jayhawks — whether it be scoring, assisting or providing defensive pressure. Photo by Jay Shepard/KANSAN
But that's just fine for the sophomore guard from Chicago.
"I just try to help this team win, any way I know how," London said. "And if it's passing the ball one night, or scoring one night, or defending one night, that's what I'll do."
Whatever is needed, London's the man.
Whatever is needed, London's the man. London is Kansas' version of a utility player in baseball — he's the guy who can play a couple of different positions and a player who contributes in many different areas.
While averaging 17.6 minutes per game, London has been able to rack up some nice statistics in nearly every category. Just as he said, whatever is necessary, he'll do.
That is evident in London's season-high point-total — nine points — Feb. 3 at Iowa. But on a team where scoring comes from a variety of places, London prides himself on doing other things, namely passing.
"I take a lot of pride in that, because I don't like to turn the ball over," he said.
London is so conscious of not turning the ball over that he rarely does it. His 1.5 assist-to-turnover ratio is third on the team.
Yes, London can and does do it all.
London's season-high for assists is five, but on five other occasions he dished out four assists, and he is only three short of 100 career assists. The most rebounds he ripped down in one game this season was seven against Colorado, but his 3.0 average is impressive for a guard.
Recently, however, with the Jayhawks enduring a bit of a scoring slump, Kansas coach Roy Williams alluded to the fact that one reason the points haven't been piling up on the scoreboard was because at the beginning of the season he expected some players to score more than they have. One of those players was London.
"He hasn't been as productive this year as I thought he was going to be, and I'm sure he'd say the same thing." Williams said.
But one of a coach's luxuries is that if he wants a player to do something, he tells him and it usually gets done. That is exactly what
Williams did with London last week during the scoring drought.
"He told me basically to take my man and if I have a shot, shoot it, and if not try to pass it to the other players." London said.
On Saturday, in Kansas 94-65 rout of Kansas State, London had only five points, but Williams said he noticed London's play was more offensive-minded.
"You look at it and he was only 1-for-4, but I thought he was much more active today."
Williams said after the Kansas State game. "He had four assists and two turnovers and that's the kind of play we want out of him."
A scorer London is not, but he is an essential part of this Jayhawk team. While his numerical statistics are not overwhelming, his style of play fits in with the team.
"If he had played just a little bit better, I may be starting him at this time," Williams said. "He's on the verge of really giving us good minutes."
Women's swim team hopes winning ways will steer it to victory
By Brandon Krisztal sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
Momentum, by definition, is something that propels an object forward.
The Kansas women's swimming and diving team hopes its momentum from the past two meets will do just that at the Big 12 Conference Championships. The Jayhawks begin competing today in College Station, Texas at the Texas A&M University Natatorium.
The Jayhawks, 6-4, 3-1, are riding consecutive wins highlighted by a one-point, 122-121, win against No. 16 Nebraska on Jan. 28 in Lawrence. They downed Iowa State 171-124 on Feb. 5 in Ames, Iowa. Kansas is familiar with the surroundings in College Station, after a 163-132 loss to the 22nd ranked Aggies Jan. 22.
Coach Gary Kempf has been pleased with his team's hard work going into conference.
"The practices leading up to this week have been going real well." Kempf said. "We're at the end of our taper, and we've given ourselves an opportunity (to win the meet)."
The Jayhawks received some outstanding performances, both expected and unexpected, from a number of different swimmers and divers. The freshman threesome of Gwen Haley, Lyndsay DeVaney and Beth Schryer have been an integral part of the team's success this season. Haley leads the team with 12 wins followed by DeVaney's 10 and Schryer's
six.
Haley and Schryer finished first and second, respectively, in the 400-meter individual medley at Texas A&M, and both provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships — March 16 to 18 in Indianapolis, Ind. Haley's time of 4:20.31 is the third fastest in school history. Schryer posted a time of 4:23.96.
Senior captain Kerri Pribyl won seven diving events including six in the last four meets, and junior Carolyn Grevers also posted seven wins this season.
Following the Jan. 22 meet in College Station, Kempf saw the loss as something to build on. It gave the team some familiarity with the pool, the hotel and the surroundings in College Station. Kempf knows what his team will have to do to win.
"The keys to our success lie in total team performance," he said. "Of course we're going to have some people perform really well, just as we have all season long. But the key for us will be swimming and diving real well from top to bottom. That's something our team has talked about now for a long time."
In the short life of the Big 12, the Jayhawks finished fourth in 1998 and took third-place twice — in 1997 and last year.
Priblyl knows the competition will be tough, but she likes her teams chances.
"We have a lot of talent," she said. "We feel like we can really stand up to anyone in the conference, including Texas (No. 13 in the country)."
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